Two burglary suspects were taken into custody after they tried to escape in a rowboat in Jefferson County on Tuesday morning.
At about 8 a.m., a homeowner near the Hood Canal Bridge reported a burglary in progress. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, the homeowner said a woman and a man, dressed in black, had broken into a storage container and stole over $11,000 worth of gold and jewelry. The suspects were then seen leaving in an SUV with covered plates, and deputies said the victim threw a piere of firewood at their windshield, shattering the glass.
The boat capsized, and the suspects swam to shore, where deputies took them into custody. The suspects were booked into the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office jail.
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